Mohandas Ghandi/Self Rule and the Salt March, 1929

Was the Leader of the Indian Congress Party He led with style of protest called pacifism (non-violent resistance) His right hand man is Jawaharlal Nehru, and later Nehru's daughter would become the first Female Prime Minister of India He believed that Hindus and Muslims could share an independent IndiaDeclare independence for India on Jan. 26, 1930 Begin of civil disobedience Was assassinated by a fellow Hindu after the partition of 1947

Self Rule and the Salt March, 1929

Protest to the British tax on salt Gandhi walked from Sabarmati, Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat to get salt (240 miles) Many thousands followed him March lasts March 12 to April 6, 1930. Outcome draws support for the independence movement across India and the World Gandhi arrested and put in prison